#CECC48#CECC48

#CECC48 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.151 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECC48
RGB	rgb(206, 204, 72)
HSL	hsl(59, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(59, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 65%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.05, -15.25, 63.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.05, 65.17, 103.53°)
OKLab	oklab(82.28% -0.0476 0.1428)
OKLCH	oklch(82.28% 0.151 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.2178, 56.7769, 14.5487)
Luminance	0.5677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECC48 #484ACE

analogous

#CE8948 #CECC48 #8DCE48

triadic

#CECC48 #48CECC #CC48CE

tetradic

#CECC48 #48CE89 #484ACE #CE488D

square

#CECC48 #48CE89 #484ACE #CE488D

split-complementary

#CECC48 #488DCE #8948CE

monochromatic

#7B7921 #ABA92E #CECC48 #DBD978 #E8E7A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#CECC48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.36

#CECC48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECC48

12.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECC48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECC48	1.00	1.70	12.36	12.36
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC436

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC951

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCBFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cecc48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 204, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.151 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0db82',
    500: '#cecc48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cecc48;
$custom-light: #e0db82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cecc48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.104,
    "s": 57.759,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8228,
    "c": 0.15052,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECC48

secondary

#373983

accent

#49E147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECC48

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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